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Games like Scratches - Director's Cut

  • 8 games
  • Updated May 4, 2026

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The same list the imho.run recommender shows for Scratches - Director's Cut: games its players also own across millions of Steam libraries, weighed against shared tags and what reviewers compare it to.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Same atmospheric mood as Scratches.

    • $13.74 (Price checked Oct 3)
    • 2025
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Shares inventory based puzzles and environmental exploration with Scratches.

    • $3.59 (Price checked Oct 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014
  1. Rank 05

    Still Life

    Why this: Shares point and click with Scratches.

    • $1.99 (Price checked Oct 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2011
  2. Rank 08

    The Whispering Valley

    Why this: Shares day night cycle and point and click with Scratches.

    • $1.19 (Price checked Oct 3)
    • 2022

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Scratches - Director's Cut

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    ASYLUM

    Same atmospheric mood as Scratches.

    • 84% of 254 reviews
  2. 2
    The Lost Crown

    Shares inventory based puzzles and environmental exploration with Scratches.

    • 87% of 275 reviews
  3. 3
    Dark Fall: Lost Souls

    Shares inventory based puzzles with Scratches.

    • 58% of 153 reviews
  4. 4
    Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 72% of 269 reviews
  5. 5
    Still Life

    Shares point and click with Scratches.

    • 82% of 437 reviews
  6. 6
    An English Haunting

    Genres: Adventure

    • 96% of 247 reviews
  7. 7
    Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2008)

    Genres: Adventure

    • 72% of 359 reviews
  8. 8
    The Whispering Valley

    Shares day night cycle and point and click with Scratches.

    • 89% of 107 reviews
  9. 9
    Penumbra Overture

    Shares environmental exploration with Scratches.

    • 89% of 1,939 reviews
  10. 10
    Homesick

    Shares day night cycle with Scratches.

    • 74% of 717 reviews
  11. 11
    The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition

    Genres: Adventure

    • 94% of 402 reviews
  12. 12
    DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 90% of 1,278 reviews
  13. 13
    Darkwood

    Shares day night cycle and environmental exploration with Scratches.

    • 94% of 9,910 reviews
  14. 14
    The Night is Grey

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 78% of 183 reviews
  15. 15
    Decay: The Mare

    Genres: Adventure, Indie

    • 72% of 481 reviews
  16. 16
    Black Mirror I

    Genres: Adventure

    • 79% of 431 reviews
  17. 17
    Year Walk

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 93% of 916 reviews
  18. 18
    Riddlewood Manor

    Shares inventory based puzzles and point and click with Scratches.

    • 96% of 68 reviews
  19. 19
    Rusty Lake: Roots

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 96% of 1,696 reviews
  20. 20
    Strange Antiquities

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 96% of 1,956 reviews
  21. 21
    Detention

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 96% of 2,780 reviews
  22. 22
    Alter Ego

    Genres: Adventure

    • 66% of 89 reviews
  23. 23
    Slender Threads

    Genres: Adventure, Indie

    • 90% of 292 reviews
  24. 24
    The Alien Cube

    Genres: Adventure, Indie

    • 79% of 298 reviews
Scratches - Director's Cut — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2011
  • Developer: Nucleosys
  • 83% of 235 reviews
  • Genres: Adventure
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Atmosphere builds relentless tension
  • Deliberate ambiguity rewards detective work
  • Minimal jump scares maximize psychological horror
  • Atmospheric
  • Eerie
  • Melancholic

About Scratches - Director's Cut

The closest matches to Scratches - Director's Cut: ASYLUM, The Lost Crown, Dark Fall: Lost Souls, Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, and Still Life.

If Scratches - Director's Cut is your kind of game, the closest matches are ASYLUM, The Lost Crown and Dark Fall: Lost Souls — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, eerie and melancholic, and single out its day night cycle and environmental exploration. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

About Scratches - Director's Cut: Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.

Is Scratches - Director's Cut worth buying?

  • 83% of 235 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 11 h when they wrote their review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

People who play it also play: ASYLUM, The Lost Crown, Dark Fall: Lost Souls

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Frequently asked about Scratches - Director's Cut

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What games are most similar to Scratches - Director's Cut?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scratches - Director's Cut are ASYLUM, The Lost Crown, Dark Fall: Lost Souls.

Who developed Scratches - Director's Cut?

Scratches - Director's Cut was developed by Nucleosys.